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It's quickly becoming a two-horse race in MotoGP land as Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin threw down at Motegi for the Japanese Grand Prix, and this time it was Marquez that came out on top as he took his fifth Double Victory of the 2026 season and move to within two points of the Championship lead. But how we got there messy as yet more Michelin tyre drama got in the way. 
This time around, Michelin brought the stiffer carcass rear tyre as a reserve, that ultimately ended up being the main race tyre after multiple rear tyres started failing towards the end of the Sprint. And turns out, it was the best race tyre of the weekend too. Dre, RJ and Cam break it all down.
They also talk about the surprise performances of Enea Bastianini and Somkiat Chantra, as well as the first reaction to the big news of the day, as MotoGP announced a new weekend format, with less practice, and Sprint Qualifying introduced on a Friday. Will it work in the long run?

Well, this was a messy mothertrucker and a half wasn't it? Formula 1 went all in for a return to Sepang for the first Grand Prix in Malaysia since 2017, even with all the Bahrain branding, Gulf Air sponsorship and even 500 Bahraini marshals flown in for the occasion. Weird.
And it took us 105 minutes to get this race going after a torrential downpour on Sunday, followed by an embarassing engine software bug that led to the FIA scrambling to fix themselves after their own regulations pigeon-holed's the cars. A genuinely good return to Malaysia, tainted by yet another cock-up by a sport whose power-units are clearly too complicated to function as is.
Anyway, Max Verstappen completely dominated the outlier weekend that was, to take his streak of winning seasons up to 11 and score his 72nd win for Red Bull, now the second most of any driver/team combination ever (Only Hamilton's 84 with Mercedes is greater). We talk how he did, how George Russell's late engine blowout effectively ends the title fight, and how Hamilton had to charge through the field on slicks on a damp track just to get back where he started (in spectacular fashion). 
Also in the news, more talk about Esteban Ocon leaving Haas at the end of the season for Rafa Camara, and James Vowles at Williams plan to try and update the cost cap.

We're really sorry this episode came out later than billed, we had a medical emergency at our original recording date and we doubled this up on Sunday with our Baku recording instead. We'll make it up to you down the toad, promise. 
In the meantime, in this episode, we catchup on the Austrian Grand Prix as Pedro Acosta finally takes his maiden victory, after 56 starts and 15 times on the second of third step of the podium. We breakdown how Michelin bringing its stiffer carcass rear tyre finally allowed KTM to bridge the gap to the Aprilia and Ducati's, and how nervous we all were when Pedro crashed out from an easy Sprint win.
We talk more about the state of the title battle, and the fascinating place its in. Marquez loses 12 points to Jorge Martin, who took the Sprint and second in the GP after a front brake issue hampered Marquez to fifth. Who is favoured going into the flyaway stretch? Who else could potentially play spoiler with Ai Ogura back to good health and Marco Bezzecchi not out of the running at 42 points back. Could Pedro still limp his way back in too?
Also we chat about Yamaha's new nadir after another horrendous weekend, and the potential change to the weekend format. Is Sprint Qualifying coming to MotoGP next year?

Welcome to Azerbaijan on a Saturday, George Russell and the most dominant photo finish of all-time. But in all seriousness, Baku had George take off his belt and beat the field's ass with it. He was just one FP3 top away from F1's first perfect weekend since Italy 2015. And yet despite all that, due to a late Valtteri Bottas crash on the final lap, he won by just 20 metres from Max Verstappen's furious final attack on the Brit.
Dre, Cam and RJ make sense of all the action, including how Mercedes' deployment is dunking on the field, how Ferrari continue to malaise, and how Franco Colapinto pissed off everyone with a reckless crash on a Safety Car restart that essentially ended Lando Norris' slim chances of a Championship. Sure the Colapinto fanbase will take it well...
We also talk about the first draft of the 2030 engine regulations and why we're all kinda whelmed at going to V8 Hybrids with a 3 litre engine.

Why not, Bez? This is why.
Dre and Cam review a heated San Marino Grand Prix with a major twist in the title race - Marco Bezzecchi after qualifying on pole and taking his best Sprint result of the year in 2nd, crashes on the opening lap and gift wraps Marc Marquez a 37-point double victory across the weekend. Throw in Jorge Martin dropping to 5th with a killer bout of Arm Pump and safe to say, Misano had an impact!
We also talk about Alex Rins potentially moving to two-wheeled racing as he announces his retirement from bike racing, Pecco Bagnaia and a conversation that leaked out to the press, Senna Agius going to Tech3 to complete the 2027 grid, and the idea that we may be heading to Qatar after all.